There are a handful of must-haves when putting together your 2018 fantasy football cheat sheet. You need position rankings and draft strategies and stats and player updates and plenty more. But right at the top of the list, perhaps above all those other things, is a Top 200 rankings. Once your draft or auction actually starts, all the names you've been reading about for a month get dumped into one big pile, and it can be difficult to remember who's a potential sleeper, who's a potential bust, and who is expected to go at various points during the draft.

Of course, what's expected and what actually happens are very different things, which is why the Top 200 shouldn't be viewed as a "mock draft". We know that some people draft with their heart and not their head, while others overdo it with tiers and position scarcity. Some panic after taking too many of the same position early, while others always go BPA and worry about team makeup later.

We can't account for every strategy and situation, so we try to balance things out. Of the top 15 scorers in fantasy last year, 14 were quarterbacks, but you're not going to find a quarterback in our top 20. There are simply too many good ones, and you don't need to draft one that high. Same goes for D/STs, who often outscore players at other positions but are far too unpredictable to trust with a high draft pick.

If you're in a standard, 12-team league, there are usually 192 picks in the draft (16 rounds). That's why we give you 200. We've ranked more RBs this year because that's everyone's favorite sleeper position, but it should be noted that many handcuffs for the top backs aren't ranked and will likely get drafted. We have enough QBs and TEs for everyone in your league to go two-deep, but that likely won't happen, especially at tight end. We have 15 D/STs and 12 kickers ranked at the very end because you don't need to worry about kickers until the last round of your draft.

You can trust we'll be updating these rankings often throughout the preseason. Injuries, suspensions, position battles, cuts, breakout performances and plenty more can happen before the start of Week 1 on Sept. 6, so check back frequently.